Ivan Rybkin
Ivan Rybkin | |
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Иван Рыбкин | |
6th Chairman of the State Duma | |
In office 14 January 1994 – 17 January 1996 | |
President | Boris Yeltsin |
Preceded by | Ruslan Khasbulatov as Chairman of the Supreme Soviet Mikhail Rodzianko as Chairman of the State Duma of Russian Empire |
Succeeded by | Gennadiy Seleznyov |
5th Secretary of the Security Council | |
In office 19 October 1996 – 2 March 1998 | |
Preceded by | Alexander Lebed |
Succeeded by | Andrei Kokoshin |
Personal details | |
Born | Ivan Petrovich Rybkin 20 October 1946 Semigorka, Russian |
Ivan Petrovich Rybkin (Russian: Ива́н Петро́вич Ры́бкин; born 20 October 1946) is a Russian politician. He was Chairman of Russia's State Duma in 1994–96 and Secretary of the Security Council in 1996–1998. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.[1]
He ran for the Russian presidency in 2004, before dropping out after allegedly being kidnapped and drugged by Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers.
Early life
He was born in village of
Political career
After a career on lower ranks of the
Speaker of Russian State Duma
In 1994, Rybkin was elected speaker of the State Duma. In January 1995, he became a member of the
Ivan Rybkin Bloc got 1.39% of the vote in the 1995 Russian legislative election, falling short of a 5% electoral threshold. Its campaign video clip featured two cows who discussed fairness in a philosophical manner.[2]
In March 1998, Rybkin was appointed Deputy Prime Minister for Commonwealth of Independent States affairs.
Presidential candidate and alleged kidnapping
In 2004, Rybkin was nominated by
Rybkin's candidacy aligned itself strongly with Berezovsky's politics.[3] While it was believed that Rybkin would, even optimistically, be unable to receive more than 2% of the vote, it was also believed that he might receive a sizable enough amount of funding from Berezovsky that he could orchestrate a significant amount of anti-Putin campaigning in advance of the election.[4]
Many Russians had reported themselves to be too unfamiliar with Rybkin to have an opinion on him.[5]
In February 2004, Rybkin disappeared for four days under mysterious circumstances. A day before his disappearance he accused the
Rybkin said he feared for his safety if he returned to Russia, and whilst he initially continued the campaign from abroad, on 5 March 2004, he withdrew from the race, saying he did not want to be part of "this farce," as he called the elections.[12]
References
- ^ "О присвоении квалификационного разряда Рыбкину И.П.". Decree No. 1110 of 17 September 1998 (in Russian). President of Russia.
- ^ Чуракова, Ольга (22 August 2013). "Выбирай или проиграешь: лучшие предвыборные ролики российских политиков". Большой город (in Russian). Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ "Russian Election Watch, vol. 3, no. 6" (PDF). Harvard University (Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs, Davis Center for Russian & Eurasian Studies) and Indiana University-Bloomington. March 2004. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "Russian Election Watch, vol. 3, no. 4" (PDF). Harvard University (Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs, Davis Center for Russian & Eurasian Studies) and Indiana University-Bloomington. January 2004. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ^ И.Рыбкин - кандидат в президенты FOM
- A Russian Diary: A Journalist's Final Account of Life, Corruption, and Death in Putin's Russia
- ^ "Нашелся". www.kommersant.ru (in Russian). 11 February 2004. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ ISBN 978-1416551652.
- ^ "Russian candidate 'was kidnapped'". BBC. 13 February 2004. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- ^ Biles, Peter (13 February 2004). "Russia's 'spy thriller' saga". BBC. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- ^ "CNN.com - Rybkin mystery: Questions remain - Feb. 11, 2004". edition.cnn.com.
- ^ "Rybkin drops challenge to Putin". 5 March 2004.